Ann is rated as Elliman’s #1 Manhattan Broker for both GCI and transactions! She was also voted REBNY’s Broker of The Year (2018) and has transacted billions of dollars of sales in her 41 year career. In 2019, she founded “Wise and Wonderful Women” to help inspire and inform women over 45 through its Facebook page and free monthly dinners.
She is regularly quoted in the most preeminent publications such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and she has been featured on national and international television programs such as Good Morning America, The Today Show, Tamron Hall, NBC’s Open House NYC, and the CBS Evening News. On a lighter note, Ann has also appeared on numerous Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York, Million Dollar Listing NY, and multiple episodes of HGTV’s Selling New York.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE
Even with all her professional success and accolades, Ann’s proudest accomplishment is being a single mother to her two wonderful daughters. Together they are involved in helping several charitable organizations, including the literacy summer camp they founded in the Bahamas over ten years ago. With the generous help of JetBlue, Special Ed teachers from the States fly down to work alongside Ann and her girls to teach and counsel over 75 elementary school children with learning issues. They also have collected hundreds of gently used laptops from the real estate community and delivered them to families who are most in need. Closer to home, Ann is a donor and fundraiser for many other charities including Sanctuary For Families, Candlelighters NYC, and is on the host committee for God’s Love We Deliver’s annual benefit concert, LoveRocks NYC!. Ann has been honored with several awards including the Heart of the West Side Award from The West Side Intergenerational Residence and Douglas Elliman’s prestigious annual Team Player Award.
“ANNIE GETS IT DONE!”
Ann prides herself on being a trailblazer in creative and innovative marketing. Her relationships with leaders in radio, print, network and cable television, combined with her use of cutting-edge technologies, social media, and her unparalleled direct marketing database provide maximum exposure for her exclusive listings. Ann was the first broker in Manhattan to advertise on the big and little screens. Her “Annie Gets It Done” commercial that highlights her exclusive listings, ran in movie theaters for 14 years and has now moved into New York City cabs, making her a minor neighborhood celebrity.
HELP IS ON THE WAY
Ann and her team of professionals will be there every step of the way to help guarantee that you obtain the highest price for your property. Her motto is "No job is too big or too small. Let me help!" Achieving the best return on your investment is key, but Ann also does everything possible to help ease the stress of selling your home. Her movers can bring in new furniture, curtains or linens (if needed), or transfer your extra boxes into her storage facility. Her handyman can retouch paint or do basic repairs, and for empty spaces, Ann will work hand in hand with her stager to transform your home virtually overnight. Her world-class photographers and videographers will then come in to showcase your home's best features.
INSIDER’S EDGE
In hiring Ann as your agent, your apartment will not only look its best, but it will be priced spot on. Her 41 years of experience enable her to interpret market data with unparalleled insider knowledge. That is why buyers, sellers, appraisers, and even her fellow real-estate brokers seek out her advice on valuation. She is able to educate her clients using real-time data along with explaining the nuances of an ever-changing market. She will honestly assess your property’s strengths and weaknesses, and she will create a unique and effective marketing strategy for you. Ann is a master marketer; she has the resources and contacts to blanket the city and the web with your property in record time and with efficiency.
TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS
Ann knows the importance of nurturing her long-standing relationships with not only managing agents, top real estate attorneys, Co-op board members and building staff, but with her fellow brokers as well. These relationships are key to giving Ann the edge in streamlining the sales process from start to finish. Ann’s reputation for professionalism and trustworthiness in and outside the brokerage community is of utmost importance to her.
“I LOVE MY JOB”
“I get tremendous satisfaction walking down almost any street and seeing the lights on in an apartment of a family that trusted me to help and guide them in their search for a new home. What an honor that is, and I am truly blessed to wake up in such a magical city to a job and people that I love." Ann says, “After all these years, I still truly believe I have the most rewarding job in the world!”
